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Mystery as ‘rotting bodies of adult & teenager’ discovered by horrified tourist on popular holiday island
MYSTERY surrounds the rotting bodies of an adult and a teenager that were found floating off the coast of a popular holiday island.
The grim discovery was made by a tourist who spotted two white bags in the water.
The bodies were found in Kato Koufonisi, Greece[/caption]
The visitor – an Italian man who was the captain of a passing yacht – saw the two bags at Fykio beach on the island of Koufonisi in Greece.
He immediately alerted the authorities and officers from the Greek coast guard rushed to the scene.
Officials brought the remains to shore and transferred them to a hospital in Naxos, local media reports.
Director of the hospital’s Medical Service Vassilis Raptakis claims the bodies belonged to an adult and a teenager who are understood to have been dead for over a year.
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Both bodies were severely decomposed to the point that they were mainly skeletons.
It is not known if the bodies belonged to a man or a woman.
They were decomposed to such an extent that it wasn’t initially clear if they belonged to a human or an animal.
The skeletal remains will be transferred to the Forensic Service of Piraeus for an autopsy.
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